TraumaTherapy in NYC
Find Strength After Trauma
Past trauma can feel overwhelming, but support is available. Our trauma therapy provides a safe place to heal, whether you’re dealing with PTSD, anxiety, or lingering emotional stress.
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LEL Therapy is a virtual therapy practice that primarily serves clients in NY, with one of our therapists also licensed in FL, MA, NJ, and CT. To receive care through LEL Therapy, you must reside in one of these states. Although we’re an out-of-network provider, we make the process easy by issuing superbills you can send to your insurance for reimbursement.
It’s completely understandable to feel stuck or overwhelmed when past trauma resurfaces. I’ll help you build tools to steady your emotions, calm your body’s responses, and begin feeling safer and more grounded in your daily life.
Lauren Larkin, LMHC
Do old wounds still surface in your body, causing strong reactions even when you feel ready to move on?
Trauma doesn’t always come from one defining moment. It can emerge slowly through ongoing stress, emotional neglect, or relationships where safety and trust were uncertain. These experiences don’t just stay in the past. They can show up in your body, nervous system, and relationships today. Feeling on edge, disconnected from others, overwhelmed by emotions, or stuck in survival mode are all common responses to trauma.
We’re here to connect you with a therapist who understands these patterns and how deeply they can impact everyday life. Our Trauma Therapy services support New Yorkers healing from childhood trauma, abuse, sexual assault, grief, medical trauma, or repeated stress that became too heavy to carry alone. You don’t need a formal label to reach out. If your past is affecting your sleep, relationships, sense of safety, or self-worth, that is enough. Our care is warm, affirming, culturally aware, and welcoming to people of all genders, identities, and backgrounds, including LGBTQ+ individuals.
Do You Identify With These?
I feel unsafe, on edge, or constantly alert.
I feel emotionally numb, disconnected, or detached from my body.
I experience sudden mood swings or emotional overwhelm.
I have flashbacks, intrusive memories, or nightmares.
I avoid people, places, or conversations that remind me of the past.
I struggle with shame, self-blame, or beliefs that I am too much or not enough.
I have difficulty trusting others or maintaining relationships.
I people-please, over-explain, or take care of others to feel safe.
I have trouble sleeping, feel chronically fatigued, or notice physical symptoms without a clear cause.
I feel broken, hopeless, or like something is wrong with me.
You don’t have to experience all of these to benefit from therapy. Your experience is valid even if it doesn’t look like someone else’s.
We provide virtual therapy for clients across New York. Contact us today to schedule your first session and begin your path toward feeling calm, supported, and confident in yourself.
Childhood Trauma: Experiences of neglect, abuse, or unsafe environments during formative years.
Single-Incident Trauma (PTSD): Acute traumatic events such as accidents, assaults, or sudden losses.
Complex Trauma (C-PTSD): Prolonged and repeated exposure to traumatic situations, often interpersonal in nature.
Sexual Trauma and Harassment: Unwanted sexual experiences and violations affecting individuals of any gender.
Vicarious Trauma: Indirect exposure to traumatic events through witnessing or hearing about them.
Types of Trauma we Treat:
Are you questioning if you need a trauma therapist?
You don’t need to “have it all together” or be in crisis to seek trauma therapy. If you’re wondering whether your experiences are “bad enough” to need help, trust that they are. Nothing is too small or too big to bring into therapy. Trauma therapy can be helpful if you feel stuck in the same painful patterns, if your body reacts before your mind understands why, if you feel emotionally numb or easily overwhelmed, if you long for closeness but also fear being hurt, or if you’re simply tired of surviving and want to feel safe living. If you think you might need trauma therapy, you probably do.
You don’t have to face this alone. Healing is possible, and we’re here to walk with you — at your pace.
Our Approach to Virtual Trauma Therapy in NYC
We use a relational, evidence-based, and compassionate approach that integrates the following:
Judith Herman’s Three-Phase Approach to Trauma Healing
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1. Building Safety & Trust
Before we ever unpack trauma, we make sure you feel safe and supported. This phase may include:
Creating a grounded, trusting therapeutic relationship
Developing safety strategies and coping tools
Reconnecting with your body’s cues through gentle awareness
You’ll never be pushed to share more than you’re ready for.
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2. Processing & Making Meaning of Trauma
When you’re ready, we’ll begin gently exploring your story and the impact it’s had on your life. This may involve:
Identifying and naming emotions and body sensations
Understanding where beliefs like “it was my fault” came from
Honoring what was lost, what you needed, and what was never given
Reprocessing difficult memories in a way that feels safe and contained
This phase isn’t about reliving trauma—it’s about reclaiming it.
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3. Integration, Connection & Post-Traumatic Growth
Healing doesn’t stop at understanding the past—it’s about learning how to live now with more peace and agency. Here we focus on:
Building supportive relationships and communities
Setting boundaries and protecting your nervous system
Exploring identity beyond survival methods
Finding meaning, empowerment, and self-trust
Trauma becomes part of your story—not the whole story.
Evidence-Based Modalities We Integrate Into Trauma Therapy
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps you identify and reframe harmful thought patterns that developed in response to trauma, so you can respond to life with greater clarity and self-compassion.
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) supports you in building emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills—especially when emotions feel too big, too numb, or too hard to navigate alone.
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Narrative Therapy empowers you to rewrite the story you’ve been carrying, while honoring your pain, reclaiming your voice, and seeing your experiences through a lens of truth rather than shame.
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Mindfulness and Somatic Practices help you reconnect with your body in safe, gentle ways, using grounding, breathwork, and nervous-system awareness to reduce overwhelm and increase feelings of safety.
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Exposure and Trauma-Focused Therapy allows you to gradually and safely process traumatic memories or triggers, reducing their power over your daily life while helping your nervous system learn it is safe now.
Why Choose LEL Therapy?
At LEL Therapy, we do things differently. Our therapists show up as real humans. We are warm, honest, and deeply relational. We don’t show up as as blank slate therapists. Many of us have walked through our own versions of pain, which means we carry deep compassion for what it takes to heal. We combine lived experience with specialized training in trauma, offering care that is trauma-informed, feminist, culturally responsive, body-inclusive, and grounded in equity. You’ll never be asked to shrink yourself, perform, or “stay strong.” This is a space where you can be exactly where you are.
We tailor therapy to your needs, honoring your pace while prioritizing safety, trust, and emotional integrity. When helpful, we collaborate with medical providers, psychiatrists, and your wider support system to make sure your care is cohesive. At the heart of our work is this belief: post-traumatic stress can transform into post-traumatic growth.
You don’t have to go through this alone. We’re here to walk beside you every step of the way.
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